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Alibaba Engineers Fired for Mooncake Hacking (wsj.com)
On the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, some people will go to great lengths to get mooncakes, the traditional gift for family, friends and colleagues. At Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., four engineers tried to rig the distribution system of the e-commerce giant's mooncake selloff -- and were fired for their effort (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternate source), reports WSJ. From the report: Alibaba confirmed it fired the four this week, after they hacked into the internal website that allows employees to purchase the company's signature mooncakes, with an orange fluffy Alibaba mascot inside. The Hangzhou-based company allocates one free box to each employee for the holiday, and sells extras on the site at cost -- 59 yuan (about $9) for a box of four.
Would it have killed them to put a picture of a mooncake in the article? Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell they are talking about?
Enigma
moonpies are poison. R C Cola is the antidote
Mooncakes are serious business in Asian culture. Don't fuck with the mooncakes!
And you're still the same old cancerous alcoholic as always.
So far, not cancerous; I even quit smoking. And also not alcoholic; that was my father. I am biologically unable to be a good alcoholic because I throw up long before I forget my problems, black out, etc. You, however, are still a coward — and a cancer.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
*gasp*
Not only have they learned Capitalism but also colonialism, practically at the same time!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I'm British, my culture is to appropriate other cultures.
We appear to be at an impasse.